Five hours after Niu Jingui died, a human head was delivered to Hao Kang on the bank of the river. The guards who had been sent to make the Mongols retreat wept and said, "Prince...... Mongol...... Kill Brother Zhong! ”

After speaking, the guard beat his chest and couldn't cry.

Hao Kang stared at the head of the guard who had been following him for a long time, and his handsome face was a little distorted in pain. He sent his guards with letters asking the Mongol troops across the river to retreat. At that time, Hao Kang genuinely believed that the Mongols should not fight the Mongols. In this world, there are mortal enemies like the Great Song Dynasty, and in addition to the Great Song Dynasty, there are also enemies like the Semu people. All the Mongols united to fight the enemy, and after defeating the enemy, the whole world was Mongol. When the time comes, everyone will be rich, what's wrong. Hao Kang wrote all of this in his letter.

Listening to the guard's crying, Hao Kang suddenly felt that he should cry like this, otherwise he would be sorry for the friendship that had been with him for so long. But no matter how he mobilizes his feelings, he finds that at most he makes the corners of his eyes moist. At this time, Hao Kang's heart was full of guilt and self-blame, and there was no room for grief at all. Looking away from the head of the Zhong guard, Hao Kang's eyes wandered, and he couldn't find a foothold at all.

In a strong sense of shame and self-reproach, Hao Kang remembered that the newspaper of the Great Song Dynasty had proudly written, 'We have finally killed more Mongols than the Mongols'. After reading this paragraph, Hao Kang tore the newspaper to shreds and stomped on the ground. The anger against the Great Song Dynasty for slandering Mongolia was stronger than the hatred of the Great Song Dynasty.

I didn't expect this to be true.

The Great Song Dynasty and the Mongols killed each other for decades, and the Mongols killed millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty for decades. It was wrong for them to kill the Mongols, but it was not without intelligible reasons. Hao Kang saw no reason for the Mongols to be so cruel to their own people. Reality tells Hao Kang that the world is not what Hao Kang thinks. The killing of Zhong Shouwei was not Hao Kang's intention, but because Hao Kang mistakenly believed that Mongolia and Yuan were one country. The Kipchak Khanate and the Yuan were two brothers under the Mongol Empire.

There was a pain in my heart, and tears came out of my eyes. Yes, interests. When he was in the Great Song Dynasty, Hao Kang actually learned this. The Great Song Dynasty said that in the relationship between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Hao Kang has really learned.

It is precisely because he did not understand these that Hao Kang did not understand why the Great Song Dynasty allowed Yuan students to study in the Great Song Dynasty. I don't understand why Daddy Hao Ren wants to cooperate with Da Song in Europe. If there is an eternal enemy, the Great Song and the Yuan Kingdom will kill each other as long as they see each other. If these were understood, the Mongols would not have been ridiculed by the Great Song Dynasty as 'killing more of their own people than others killing their own people'.

Choked for a moment, Hao Kang wiped away his tears and said to the guards in a prostrated voice: "Take Brother Zhong back to Kyiv." ”

"Prince, don't you take revenge?" The guard asked aloud.

"Revenge, of course. So we are going back to Kyiv today. The Mongols couldn't fight for the time being, so we gathered our troops and horses and played with the Mongols when we returned. After Hao Kang finished speaking, he turned over and got on his horse. He was exhausted by too many shocks, and he didn't even manage to get on the horse's back the first time. With the help of the guards, Hao Kang finally got on the horse. He turned to the guards and told again, "Take Brother Zhong with you, and we'll go back to Kyiv." ”

Back home, Hao Kang told the guards that he didn't see anyone. Then I went straight to the bedroom. No tossing and turning, no nightmares. Hao Kang slept until noon the next day. When he woke up hungry from his sleep, he didn't know where he was.

Soon, yesterday's memories came to mind. The excitement at that time was still fresh in his memory, but Hao Kang felt that it seemed like a long time ago. He had a full meal before he called a meeting.

The ministers all looked at Hao Kang with an indescribable expression, and Hao Kang couldn't help but ask, "What's strange about me?" ”

Everyone shook their heads and said nothing. From the outside, Hao Kang just looked a little tired. It's just that these guys who can achieve such a status are more or less unusual, and they feel that the prince in front of them has changed a little. His body looked a little weak, and there was something different from it. This kind of thing is something that the ministers can understand but can't explain.

Hao Kang saw that no one was talking nonsense, so he went straight to the topic, "Did you send telegrams to various places?" ”

"It's done." The deputy secretary of the military department immediately replied: "Prince, there are already 10,000 people in the city of Kyiv who have asked to join the army. ”

"More than 10,000 people?" Hao Kang's eyes lit up.

Deputy Shangshu looked helpless, "Hmm." More than 10,000 people, in fact, there are still some elderly people, women and children who also want to join the army. I have told those in charge of this matter, that you must not fool around. ”

“…… How many of them have horses. Hao Kang simplified the complex and asked the question. The elderly, women, and children are not unusable in many cases, such as letting them stay in the city when defending the city, so that the enemy can watch the outnumbered troops defending the city. But if you want to join the army, there is a big difference between whether you have a horse or not.

"There are horses." The deputy secretary replied.

"More than 10,000 people have horses?" Hao Kang was a little surprised.

"Well," the deputy secretary nodded, "more than 10,000 people have horses." Even the elderly, women, and children who asked to join the army had horses. We originally asked this time, if we want to join the army, we must have a horse first. Otherwise, how to fight. ”

There was silence in the room, not a dead silence, but a silence that was full of energy and didn't know how to express it. It was Hao Kang who broke the silence, and he asked, "What is the fighting level of those people?" ”

Deputy Shangshu sighed: "Prince, the current recruits must understand Chinese, and after two years of military training, they will master relevant military skills such as shooting, riding and slashing. Ability to perform relevant military operations in accordance with military commands. The new arrivals of more than 10,000 people can probably only be released to chase and kill the enemy. With their experience, I think it's just that it's impossible to even complete the chase too well. There will be some people who will be killed by the Mongols. ”

Hao Kang listened quietly, feeling that he understood, but he didn't understand anything. After searching for words in his stomach, Hao Ren then asked, "Who do you think is stronger than those in the Kipchak Khanate?" ”

"Compared to whether or not there can be a war, the two sides are about the same. However, the Kipchak Khanate has exhausted its elite this time, and they have more than 100,000 people, which is more than us. The deputy secretary replied.

The elite cavalry of the Kipchak Khanate was similar to those of the Yuan State who took the initiative to join the army, and Hao Kang felt that this thing was really indescribable. He could only change his angle again, "If we have 100,000 people on our side to join the army, can we get to a draw with the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Kipchak Khanate?" ”

The deputy Shangshu gave a clear answer this time: "Prince, there are really 100,000 people to join the army." Plus the fifteen thousand soldiers that our Yuan Kingdom can gather now. We can probably win. ”

The deputy secretary of the Ministry of War immediately said: "Prince, we will send a telegram to all parts of the country, asking the people with horses from all over the country to come to King Qin in Kiev. ”

The deputy secretary hurriedly objected, "It's not good. This will make the Yuan Kingdom chaotic. ”

"Wouldn't it be even more chaotic when the Mongols came over!" Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture said a little contemptuously.

Deputy Shangshu hurriedly said: "That's different. The crown prince broke the pontoon bridge built by the Mongols, and the Mongol soldiers could no longer cross the eastern bank of the Dnieper. If people with horses from all over the country are allowed to come to Kyiv, there will be chaos along the way. ”

As soon as he mentioned the matter of the pontoon, Hao Kang felt a little sad in his heart. It was not destroyed by him, but by Niu Jingui and Niulanshan, the righteous men of the Yuan Kingdom. For the sake of the country, Niu Jingui even paid the price of his life. Thinking of this, Hao Kang said: "The king doesn't know when he will come back, in addition to the Kipchak Khanate in the east, there are enemy troops in the Rus State in the north. At this time, it is still necessary to gather troops. ”

The deputy Shangshu objected again, "Now the news should have reached the king, as long as I wait for half a month, the king's advance force will definitely arrive." With the elite soldiers of our Yuan State, 20,000 people are enough to defeat the 100,000 rabble of the Kipchak Khanate. The prince also said before that no matter how many ways they come, we only need to go all the way. If we gather people from all over the world, just because people eat and feed our horses along the way, our inventory will definitely be in chaos. ”

The secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture immediately pinched up with the deputy secretary of the Ministry of War, "You are a strong word, we will inform the people who are willing to work hard, the expenses along the way, and when they arrive in Kiev, we will give them to them." ”

Hao Kang has already made his own decision. The Yuan Kingdom has only been established for less than ten years, and those who are really willing to come to King Qin must be loyal martyrs, that is, Niu Jingui who has not sacrificed, at least not to come out and make trouble. If they could have more men and horses, they could at least gather forces and fight the Kipchak Khanate on the east bank of the river. Why did those people from the Kipchak Khanate dare to come at this time, wasn't it because Hao Ren led the regular army of the Yuan State to the west. When the regular army of the Yuan State came back to the rescue, the Kipchak Khanate was afraid that it would run away immediately. Then there is no chance for Hao Kang to take revenge.

Seeing that the scholars were arguing, Hao Kang said: "Don't fight, everyone, when the king left Beijing, he said that the queen would supervise the country." I will ask the king to come out and rule later. ”

The deputy secretary of the military department was overwhelmed by this high-sounding reason, and the officials who advocated the assembly of men and horses such as the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture were overjoyed. Whether the queen supports the deputy secretary of the military department or her own son Hao Kang, it is not known.

Hao Kang ordered someone to ask the queen to cherish the weakness, and Bao regretted the weakness to be on the throne, and listened to the respective speeches of the ministers. Finally, he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be in a hurry about this matter. Anyway, I am not in a hurry for these days, just send a fast horse to ask the king. ”

The deputy secretary of the military department immediately showed joy, and he hurriedly responded: "Please rest assured, the queen will immediately send a fast horse to deliver a letter to the king." ”

At this time, Hao Ren's troops were preparing equipment to cross the river, and after receiving the news of the invasion of the Kipchak Khanate, Hao Ren did not inform the whole army, and did not even have plans to stop fighting. Only a very few people in the upper echelons know about this, and these few people are doing sand table deductions. Looking at the results of the performance, Hao Ren sighed: "It seems that the best way is to take Warsaw quickly first." ”